Former Cambridge Analytica chief receives seven-year directorship ban

Alexander Nix handed penalty for potentially unethical' behaviour linked to scandal

Alexander Nix, the former boss of Cambridge Analytica, has been banned from serving as a company director for seven years over potentially unethical" behaviour linked to his position at the centre of a global scandal.

The Insolvency Service said Nix had allowed companies to offer potentially unethical services, including bribery or honey-trap stings, voter disengagement campaigns, obtaining information to discredit political opponents and spreading information anonymously in political campaigns".